[Sci-tech-public] FW: From the Dean's Office | Said and Done

[David Mindell]

FYI our own David Jones in this month’s edition.

 

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Dear All, 

The May edition of  <http://mit.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9be039b955f2b6393bc7798d7&id=44345bf1c7&e=0af97fd30e> Said and Done is now online. Visit for a photo-rich digest of research, news, profiles, and kudos from the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. A few highlights include:

Howe charts anthropology's shift to a collaborative model 
In Chiefs, Scribes, and Ethnographers, James Howe, Professor of Anthropology, illuminates the dialogue at the heart of ethnography, and charts the Kuna's role in their own ethnography—a position that puts them at the forefront of anthropology's ongoing shift from an observational to a collaborative model. 
Research at Said and Done <http://mit.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9be039b955f2b6393bc7798d7&id=4d9b5a1b76&e=0af97fd30e> 

Esther Duflo receives the Clark Medal 
Esther Duflo PhD '99, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the School's Department of Economics, has been named winner of the 2010 John Bates Clark medal, which is considered an indicator of future Nobel consideration. Duflo's research has prompted new ways of fighting poverty around the globe. 
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3 Questions: Dr. David Jones on heart problems
Physician and historian of medicine, David Jones, Associate Professor in STS, explains why bypass surgery is popular even though it fails to help many patients. Story by Peter Dizikes at MIT News
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 <http://mit.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9be039b955f2b6393bc7798d7&id=d4a7b8e48e&e=0af97fd30e> Said and Done | Digest for May 2010
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